Bill Text: IL HB3820 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Increases by $1,100,000,000 the amount of General Obligation Bonds authorized for State or local highways, arterial highways, freeways, roads, bridges, and structures separating highways and railroads and roads and for grants to counties, municipalities, townships, or road districts for planning, engineering, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, development, improvement, extension, and all construction-related expenses of the public infrastructure and other transportation improvement projects related to economic development. Amends aggregate General Obligation Bond authorization amounts to reflect the $1,100,000,000 increase. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-28 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3820 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3820-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning Finance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The General Obligation Bond Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Sections 2 and 4 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 330/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 652) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 2. Authorization for Bonds. The State of Illinois is | ||||||
8 | authorized to
issue, sell and provide for the retirement of | ||||||
9 | General Obligation Bonds of
the State of Illinois for the | ||||||
10 | categories and specific purposes expressed in
Sections 2 | ||||||
11 | through 8 of this Act, in the total amount of $51,017,925,743 | ||||||
12 | $49,917,925,743 . | ||||||
13 | The bonds authorized in this Section 2 and in Section 16 of | ||||||
14 | this Act are
herein called "Bonds". | ||||||
15 | Of the total amount of Bonds authorized in this Act, up to | ||||||
16 | $2,200,000,000
in aggregate original principal amount may be | ||||||
17 | issued and sold in accordance
with the Baccalaureate Savings | ||||||
18 | Act in the form of General Obligation
College Savings Bonds. | ||||||
19 | Of the total amount of Bonds authorized in this Act, up to | ||||||
20 | $300,000,000 in
aggregate original principal amount may be | ||||||
21 | issued and sold in accordance
with the Retirement Savings Act | ||||||
22 | in the form of General Obligation
Retirement Savings Bonds. | ||||||
23 | Of the total amount of Bonds authorized in this Act, the |
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1 | additional
$10,000,000,000 authorized by Public Act 93-2, the | ||||||
2 | $3,466,000,000 authorized by Public Act 96-43, and the | ||||||
3 | $4,096,348,300 authorized by Public Act 96-1497 shall be used | ||||||
4 | solely as provided in Section 7.2. | ||||||
5 | The issuance and sale of Bonds pursuant to the General | ||||||
6 | Obligation Bond
Act is an economical and efficient method of | ||||||
7 | financing the long-term capital needs of
the State. This Act | ||||||
8 | will permit the issuance of a multi-purpose General
Obligation | ||||||
9 | Bond with uniform terms and features. This will not only lower
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10 | the cost of registration but also reduce the overall cost of | ||||||
11 | issuing debt
by improving the marketability of Illinois General | ||||||
12 | Obligation Bonds. | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-771, eff. 7-10-12; | ||||||
14 | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-94, eff. 7-17-13; 98-463, eff. | ||||||
15 | 8-16-13; 98-781, eff. 7-22-14.)
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16 | (30 ILCS 330/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 654)
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17 | Sec. 4. Transportation. The amount of $17,048,199,000 | ||||||
18 | $15,948,199,000
is authorized for use by the Department of | ||||||
19 | Transportation for the specific
purpose of promoting and | ||||||
20 | assuring rapid, efficient, and safe highway, air and
mass | ||||||
21 | transportation for the inhabitants of the State by providing | ||||||
22 | monies,
including the making of grants and loans, for the | ||||||
23 | acquisition, construction,
reconstruction, extension and | ||||||
24 | improvement of the following transportation
facilities and | ||||||
25 | equipment, and for the acquisition of real property and
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1 | interests in real property required or expected to be required | ||||||
2 | in connection
therewith as follows:
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3 | (a) $5,432,129,000 for State highways, arterial
highways, | ||||||
4 | freeways,
roads, bridges, structures separating highways and | ||||||
5 | railroads and roads, and
bridges on roads maintained by | ||||||
6 | counties, municipalities, townships or road
districts for the | ||||||
7 | following specific purposes:
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8 | (1) $3,330,000,000 for use statewide,
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9 | (2) $3,677,000 for use outside the Chicago urbanized
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10 | area,
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11 | (3) $7,543,000 for use within the Chicago urbanized | ||||||
12 | area,
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13 | (4) $13,060,600 for use within the City of Chicago,
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14 | (5) $58,987,500 for use within the counties of Cook,
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15 | DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will,
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16 | (6) $18,860,900 for use outside the counties of Cook, | ||||||
17 | DuPage, Kane,
Lake, McHenry and Will, and
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18 | (7) $2,000,000,000 for use on projects included in | ||||||
19 | either (i) the FY09-14 Proposed Highway Improvement | ||||||
20 | Program as published by the Illinois Department of | ||||||
21 | Transportation in May 2008 or (ii) the FY10-15 Proposed | ||||||
22 | Highway Improvement Program to be published by the Illinois | ||||||
23 | Department of Transportation in the spring of 2009; except | ||||||
24 | that all projects must be maintenance projects for the | ||||||
25 | existing State system with the goal of reaching 90% | ||||||
26 | acceptable condition in the system statewide and further |
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1 | except that all projects must reflect the generally | ||||||
2 | accepted historical distribution of projects throughout | ||||||
3 | the State. | ||||||
4 | (b) $5,379,670,000 for rail facilities and for
mass transit | ||||||
5 | facilities, as defined in Section 2705-305 of the Department of
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6 | Transportation Law (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305), including rapid | ||||||
7 | transit, rail, bus
and other equipment used in connection | ||||||
8 | therewith by the State or any unit of
local government, special | ||||||
9 | transportation district, municipal corporation or
other | ||||||
10 | corporation or public authority authorized to provide and | ||||||
11 | promote public
transportation within the State or two or more | ||||||
12 | of the foregoing jointly, for
the following specific purposes:
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13 | (1) $4,283,870,000 statewide,
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14 | (2) $83,350,000 for use within the counties of Cook,
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15 | DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will,
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16 | (3) $12,450,000 for use outside the counties of Cook,
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17 | DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will, and
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18 | (4) $1,000,000,000 for use on projects that shall | ||||||
19 | reflect the generally accepted historical distribution of | ||||||
20 | projects throughout the State. | ||||||
21 | (c) $482,600,000 for airport or aviation facilities and any | ||||||
22 | equipment used
in connection therewith, including engineering | ||||||
23 | and land acquisition costs,
by the State or any unit of local | ||||||
24 | government, special transportation district,
municipal | ||||||
25 | corporation or other corporation or public authority | ||||||
26 | authorized
to provide public transportation within the State, |
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1 | or two or more of the
foregoing acting jointly, and for the | ||||||
2 | making of deposits into the Airport
Land Loan Revolving Fund | ||||||
3 | for loans to public airport owners pursuant to the
Illinois | ||||||
4 | Aeronautics Act.
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5 | (d) $5,753,800,000 $4,653,800,000 for use statewide for | ||||||
6 | State or local highways, arterial highways, freeways, roads, | ||||||
7 | bridges, and structures separating highways and railroads and | ||||||
8 | roads, and for grants to counties, municipalities, townships, | ||||||
9 | or road districts for planning, engineering, acquisition, | ||||||
10 | construction, reconstruction, development, improvement, | ||||||
11 | extension, and all construction-related expenses of the public | ||||||
12 | infrastructure and other transportation improvement projects | ||||||
13 | which are related to economic development in the State of | ||||||
14 | Illinois. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 97-771, eff. 7-10-12; 98-94, eff. 7-17-13; | ||||||
16 | 98-781, eff. 7-22-14.)
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.
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